LOS ANGELES - Computer animation has a problem: When it gets too realistic, it starts creeping people out. Most recently, moviegoers complained about the near-realistic depiction of humans in Disney's ...

Computer gaming and animation represent a dynamic nexus where cutting‐edge technology meets artistic practice. This interdisciplinary field encompasses the design of interactive digital environments, ...

Researchers developed new algorithms for animating coiled hair, enabling more realistic and diverse depictions of Afro-textured hair that could greatly advance the ...

The author proposes a synthesis of theories of perception, image analysis and computer graphics as a foundation for the further development of realistic computer animation based on the point of view ...

Investigators have created the most bio-realistic and complex computer models of individual brain cells -- in unparalleled quantity. Their research details how these models could one day answer ...

Unexpected double lives, mysterious alternate realms, impending environmental doom, tech addiction, the complexities of parent-child relationships, gender fluidity, racial justice—these are just a few ...

Hangzhou's subway stations are still too futuristic-so realistic in the ultra-long screen's subway animation 🚇that it's "almost indistinguishable😊from reality," with people saying,"I nearly waited ...

Back in the day, animation was all about hand-drawn animation with pictures or stop-motion using puppets, but in the 1990s, a shift began to take place. Computer animation rose to popularity in the ...

“Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,” a recently released film created entirely on computers, is a staggering technical achievement. For a few moments during this 90-minute movie, the animation on the ...

New software techniques make lighting in computer-generated images look more realistic for use in video games, extended reality, and scientific visualization tools. Researchers at Dartmouth, in ...